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Current music:	Morrissey- All You Need Is Me

"And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed then changed again."
Last DJ entry of 2008! It's time for my yearly recap of entries! Let's see if I managed to write every month this time! One of my resolutions this year is to write in here more. Since I have internet at home now, this shouldn't be a challenge. Writing in here is a HUGE help to get me writing on other things, and that's my first main focus of 2009. WRITE ALL THE DAMN STUFF I KEEP PUTTING OFF! So, Cruel World, here is a look at my 2008 DJ Re-Cap, the greatest events of 2008 for Ringa, and what's coming up in 2009 that's super exciting!

2008 DJ Month-By-Month

Every year I post the first paragraph of the first entry of each month throughout the year. This is supposed to summarize your year, but since I hardly write in here anymore, it's usually just an amusing reminder of past entries. Here we go!

JANUARY
Happy 2008, Cruel World! So the internet at home has decided to work then not work then work again all willy nilly. It would be super nice if it worked a lot so I could get all my shit done, but I'm not complaining about the free.

FEBRUARY
I got a cold. :( I cannot go to 80s night. I iz sad. But I did something quasi productive this week- [followed by pictures of the LOLcats I made ;)]

MARCH
Yay! We made it to New York! After a bit of a crazy bus ride, we got here. It wasn't the worst thing or anything, but it was probably the worst Greyhound experience I've had. Maria and I were the third in a HUGE line of people waiting for the bus. We got there early so we could sit together. So they were filling up another bus first and had room left over. They grabbed the first ten people or so in the line and stuck them on the almost full other bus; two of whom were us of course. So we didn't sit next to each other. I had some guy next to me who was taking up his seat and most of mine and he kept rolling around and snoring and waking up and calling people on his phone. And the woman across the aisle from me kept taking her shoes off and putting them on again. At one point she dropped something and was looking for it in the dark and kept grabbing my foot. So I didn't sleep for most of the ride. But after we got to Philly, most people got off the bus and we got to sit together. I got some sleep then. The funniest thing was that our bus driver looked exactly like Jeffrey Jones!!! It was super creepy. And he talked really funny too. Very giggle-worthy.

APRIL
Hello DJ! It's been a while. As usual.

MAY
So as I'm writing in here I'm also writing in my livejournal. Yeah, I created one a couple of years ago and have never used it yet. But it's not like this one; it's for fandom things. Unfortunately, deadjournal doesn't get the hits I'd like for posting fanfics and fanart and whatnot. Yup.

JUNE
-Sunburn: I am peeling like whoa. It's really gross. I look like I have leporacy. Or a flesh-eating virus.

JULY
So I felt like blogging. I'm sitting at the Amazon Cafe once again. We're getting internet at home soon. About fucking time. I'm sick of sitting here and in Steve's office or at Starbucks to do my stuff. Effective immediately upon receiving internet, I will be online 24/7 and will mostly likely have to physically force myself away from the computer. It sucks, but I'm looking forward to it.

AUGUST
I have internets at home now! Yay! I'm so happy! In the time we've had it, I uploaded about a zillion pictures on facebook and listed a few things on etsy. My etsy shop was so sad. I had to revive it.

SEPTEMBER
What a fucking crazy weekend. God, I feel like I don't write enough in here now that I have internet. Ergh. Before I get to that... update!

OCTOBER
Ok, DJ. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for neglecting you, even while I have internet right here in my apartment. I suck. Oh well. I wanted to make sure I wrote today b/c 1- otherwise I would have missed a month and 2- it's my favorite day of the year. Happy Halloween, Cruel World!!!

NOVEMBER
I'm a little buzzed. I could be drunk-ish, but not really. Mostly tired and then drinking. I went out after the show tonight to Big Jim's. Had three drinks and a shot there. I'm drinking here a little. Just thinking.

DECEMBER
Just got home from work. Later I have to take three busses to get to the Strip district for the play tonight. I have to be at work at 7AM tomorrow, but I'm looking for someone to cover part of my shift b/c I have so much to do tomorrow. My next craft show is on Saturday in West Mifflin. I have to get all my stuff ready so that at 7AM on Saturday when Maria comes back I can just load it all up and go. So between now (12:36PM) and 5:45PM today and (unless I cover my shift) 4PM to 6:30PM tomorrow is all I have to get that done unless I want to get up super early on Saturday and do it. Or stay up late Friday after the show and do it. Then I have another show on Saturday night, a few hours after the sale. All that, and what do I want to do right now? Take a nap, check my facebook, and do meaningless surveys in the DJ. Gotta have brain relaxing time, I guess. Today was the 8th day I opened my store in the past 10 days. And I'm so over being there at 5AM and awake at 3:30AM.


YAY I DIDN'T MISS A MONTH! Wow, that's the first time in forever! So, what did we take from this? Seems like my DJ theme this year is INTERNET! Also, my guilt for letting the Cruel World distract me from my DJ. And also, I'm too damn busy to get anything done!!! But that's nothing new, is it? If you know me well, you won't be surprised there. Ok, good year for not missing a month!

Highlights of 2008

Some great stuff I did/that happened to me in the past year.

-I had a Super Mario themed 25th birthday party, complete with shirt, cake, and drinking game!
-I went to New York City with Maria, and we got to drink absinthe with Johnny and see Rent from the first row (for the second time!) before it closed forever.
-I acted in The Coarse Acting Show with a bunch of my favorite people, and was told I stole the show as Piles when I died in a puddle of water every night. Also, I got to play Starbuck the pirate and throw a dummy overboard. Also, I died onstage three times every night during that show. :)
-I had two more monologues produced for Practice Monologamy and directed two.
-Lenore had more kittens, and Bennie was one of them! We kept him, and he's been the best thing to see at the door every time I come home. Such a lovable kitty!
-I worked on How To Write a Play (AMAZING!) and The Importance of Being Earnest (WANTED TO KILL MYSELF) for The Summer Company.
-I did a bunch of craft shows and was a featured crafter for City Crafts! Also, had my first sale on Etsy.
-We had the Fifth Annual Halloween in June party, and it was holiday themed. Good times!
-I went to Idlewilde with the Carlow theatre kids, and it rocked.
-I saw The Police with Elvis Costello as their opener!
-BYRON GOT FIXED!
-Jess got engaged to Mike and asked me to be her maid of honor! I said yes. :)
-I saw Althea get married; a feat I never would have imagined possible.
-I saw Maroon 5 and The Counting Crows.
-I FINALLY worked on a stage version of Rocky Horror. It was pretty awesome.
-I kinda developed a mega-crush on Robert Downey Jr., who I think is the new Johnny Depp. I mean, the NEW Robert Downey Jr. is the new ALWAYS Johnny Depp. Yeah.
-I got invited to read for Poetsburgh and had a poem accepted into the inaugural issue of Weave Magazine.
-I auditioned for Carlow's all-female version of Much Ado About Nothing and fucking got THE ROLE I WANTED (Don John, aka KEANU, aka the villain) in it. WHOA.
-I dyed my hair black for that part!
-I switched stores! From the Omni downtown to Forbes and Craig in Oakland. And I liked the move, but miss my old store a lot!
-BARACK OBAMA FUCKING WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
-I worked with The No Name Players for the first time on an AMAZING show with a FREAKING AWESOME cast!
-I got FIFTH ROW TICKETS on presale to see MORRISSEY in March!!!


And the last thing before I go clean up for the little New Year's gathering I'm hosting is the Five Things I'm Most Looking Forward to in 2009:
5. Moving into Michelle's new house
4. Creating my first poetry chapbook
3. Visiting Edisto in the summer
2. My super cool 26th birthday weekend getaway
1. (A TIE) Seeing Morrissey in the 5th row on St. Patrick's Day AND Being Maid of Honor in Jess' wedding and going to Disney World afterwards with some of my closest friends!


Ok, that's all for now. Happy New Year, Cruel World!